1. RBI
keeps key rate unchanged
I.
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had kept
the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at
8.0 per cent.
II. it
has decided to keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged
at 4.0 per cent of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL).
III. it
has reduced the liquidity provided under the export credit refinance (ECR)
facility from 32 per cent of eligible export credit outstanding to 15 per cent
with effect from October 10.
2. PayPal
to separate from eBay in 2015
I. PayPal
is splitting from eBay and will become a separate and publicly traded company
next year.
II.
Dan Schulman, an executive at American
III.
Devin Wenig, currently president of eBay
Marketplaces, will become CEO of the new EBay Inc.
3. After
eliminating polio, govt targets measles
I. An
ambitious drive to eliminate or control a host of diseases, including measles,
which affects lakhs of people and leave many killed every year will be
launched.
II.
Dr. Vardhan said the government was already
working towards eliminating measles by 2015 and Rubella, also known as German
measles, and ‘Kala-azar’ or black fever by 2015.
III.
Hinting that ‘Ayush’, which includes Ayurveda
and Yoga, may receive a boost under the BJP government, Dr. Vardhan said the
Health Ministry is ready with ‘The Recognition of New Systems of Medicine Bill,
2014.
4. PDP
MLA Iftikhar Hussain Ansari passes away
I. Moulvi
Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Opposition People's Democratic Party MLA in the Jammu
and Kashmir Assembly and prominent Shia cleric, died in Srinagar on Tuesday
following prolonged illness.
II.
He was elected to the state legislative assembly
in 1996 on a Congress ticket and became a minister in the National Conference
(NC) government headed by Farooq Abdullah.
III.
He was 74.
5. Central
govt offices to close early tomorrow ahead of Clean India campaign
I. All
central government offices in South Block, North Block and Shastri Bhawan among
others will be closed at 2 pm on Wednesday, in connection with the arrangements
for the nation-wide launch of ‘Swachh Bharat’ (Clean India) campaign .
II.
“I will remain committed towards cleanliness and
devote time for this... I will neither litter nor let others litter.”
III.
This is the salient point of the pledge that
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will administer to the countrymen on Thursday, the
birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, while highlighting the Father of the
Nation’s thrust on cleanliness.
6. Grandmaster
Sahaj Grover ties for first in Durban Open
I. Young
Indian Grandmaster Sahaj Grover came up with his best performance in a year,
ending on the spot top in the Durban International Open Chess Tournament .
II.
It was a tense final round for Grover in which
he overcame the challenge of International Master Daniel Cowdery of South
Africa.
7. Asian
Games: Mary Kom enters women’s flyweight boxing finals
I. M.C.
Mary Kom secured a berth in the gold medal bout of the women’s flyweight
(48-51kg) after a convincing win in the semi-final of the 17th Asian Games .
II.
The 31-year-old Indian beat Vietnam’s Le Thi
Bang by 3—0 decision to enter the final.
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